The Stuarts: Civil War, Republic, and Restoration
Unit 5: The Stuarts (1603-1688)
Charles I and the Civil Wars
James I died in 1625 and his successor was Charles I, his son. Another event of 1637 is central to any explanation of why Charles called an English Parliament twice in 1640 (the so-called Short and Long Parliaments): the introduction of a new Scottish Prayer Book on 23 July 1637. The Scots regarded this as ecclesiastical imperialism, perceiving the royal action as an imposition of the Church of England. Charles I and Parliament could not
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